Ghosts, a hypothetical subject widely opened to the skepticism of us humans. In reference to Wikipedia, the definition of ghosts is “a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living.” In my opinion, ghosts do exist. Of course they do. The existence of ghosts can be proved by unexplainable paranormal activities. Nevertheless, they have a strong connection with religions, explaining the whole logic and theory on the occurring of paranormal activities.

Based on the statistics on Wikipedia, ten of thousands of people from all nations around the world and all periods in human history reported encountering paranormal activities under more or less similar circumstances. Scientists who have witnessed and seen ghosts are believers, but universal belief is based on evidence, and even with photographic, video and audio evidence, many people aren't yet willing to universally accept that ghosts exists. As one who has seen them, I of course have no doubt, and it has caused me to rethink many things of a spiritual nature. There is a lot of evidence that tips the scale toward the existence of ghosts. By evidence, I mean that which cannot be explained by any other cause or scientific explanation. For an instance, exorcism and haunted houses or places happens to be phenomena’s that cannot be explained through scientific explanations.

Ghosts are a significant part of a religion. It was mentioned and written in many parts of religious scriptures. The life after death was acknowledged in many of these scriptures. Nevertheless, it probably holds the logic behind paranormal activities. We acknowledge our existence because we believe we can see, touch, and feel ourselves. We tie in the existence of God as an extension of ours, without God we would not be here. As the Heaven and hell exist so we can separate the good from the bad. As the existence of hell and heaven,...

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young
fruit are also susceptible. Rhizopus
can
survive
on decaying plant litter or in the soil to initiate new in-
fections.
Management
Prune the tree to encourage good ventilation and to reduce
relative humidity in the canopy.
Remove and destroy
diseased fruit from trees and the ground. Clean up
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decaying organic debris within and around the tree. Ensure
that water does not pond around the tree’s
root zone.
Control
weeds around young trees. Intercrop jackfruit
with
trees that are not susceptible to infection by Rhizopus.
Keep ripe fruit from contact with the soil or decaying
organic
material. Avoid
wounding the fruit. Wash
fruit
after harvest in clean water and dry thoroughly before
packing or transporting. Do not pack fruit with
symptoms—destroy
them. Avoid
storing fruit after harvest
in hot, poorly ventilated containers. Where
disease
is
severe, protect fruit with periodic sprays of copper
fungicides
or other products registered for use on jackfruit
in Hawaii.
References
Morton, J. 1987. Jackfruit. In: Fruits of warm climates.
Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL. p. 59–64.
Sangchote, S., J. Wright, and G. Johnson. 2003. Dis-
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Title Doyoubelieve?
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